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J. J. JOHNSTON, Deod. A. S. H. JOHNSTON & J. G. THOMPSON,Administrators, & A. Jonns'ron, Administratrix.

MEANS FOR UTILIZING HEAT OF LAMPS.

Patented July 19, 1892,

fiwni rd dfl lwivtweoaeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER S. H.'JOHNSTON AND ANNA JOHNSTON, OF COLUMBIANA, OHIO,

AND JAMES G. THOMPSON, OF NEW BRIGHTON, 'PENNSYLVANIA, ADMIN- ISTRATORSOF JAMES J. JOHNSTON, DECEASED, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID C.REINOHL, OF. WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; JOHN E. ALLEN, PRESENTADMINISTRATOR, SUCCEEDING PRIOR ADMINISTRA- TORS.

MEANS FOR UTILIZING HEAT OF LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,368, dated July 19,1892.

Application filed October 1, 1891.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that JAMES J. JOHNSTON, deceased, formerly a citizen of theUnited States, residingat Columbiana, in the county of CO- lumbiana andState of Ohio, did in his lifetime invent certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Utilizing Heat of Lamps; and we, ALEXANDER S. H.JOHNSTON and JAMES G. THOMPSON, administrators, and ANNA JOHNSTON,administratrix, of said J. J. JOHNSTON, deceased, do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to means for utilizing the heat of lamps andother lighting devices, which is ordinarily allowed to pass off out ofthe chimney of the lamp and accumulate near the ceiling of a room orcompartment, and has for its object a threefold purposenan1ely, lightingand heating a room and heating water for toilet use.

The invention will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which form part-of this specification,Figure 1 represents a side elevation,partly in section; and Fig. 2, aninverted plan view of the water-heater and the reflector.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A indicatesa water-heating chamber and B a reservoir,which are connected by pipes ab and supported in any suit able manner about four feet above the floorof a room. The reservoir Bis provided with a water-circulating pipe C,one branch 0 of which communicates with the reservoir in about the samehorizontal plane as the pipe at, and the opposite branch d of said pipeextends up into the reservoir above the bottom thereof. The branch d maybe provided with a faucet D for drawing off water, and a faucet E maybeapplied directly to the reservoir for the same purpose. 7

F indicates a heat-reflector, preferably made of sheet metal--such ascopper-and corru- Serial No. 407,450- (No model.)

gated, as shown, and the under surface may be polished or nickel-platedto form a lightreflecting surface. The reflector is secured to thewater-heater to form an air-heating chamber 6 between the outer surfaceof the lower plate of the water-heater and the reflector, with its lowerend closed, as at f, and its upper end open.

To the air-heating chamber is attached a conduit G for conducting airfrom the floor of a room to said chamber, Where it is heated and putinto circulation.

Below the water-heating chamber is supported a suitable lighting andheating device, such as a lamp H, which rests upon a suitable bracket I.It is, however, obvious that the water-heating chamber may be placedover and above an ordinary wall gas-fixture for the same purpose.

The lamp may be provided with a shield K, such as we have claimed in ourapplication, serialnumber 107,449 filed herewith, and also with theshade therein shown.

The heat from the chimney g of the lamp is directed against the lowercentral and horizontal portion h of the water-heating chamber, fromwhich it is deflected, and a portion thereof enters the air-heatingchamber e,where it mingles with the cold air supplied to said chamber bythe conduit G, and the hottest air rises to the upper end of the chamberand passes off, coming in contact with the outer surface of thereflector in its dissipation into the room, whereby it takes upadditional increments of heat from the reflector.

Having thus fully described this invention, what we claim is 1. Thecombination, with a water-reservoir, of a water-heating chamber andsuitable connections, an air-heating chamber under said water-heatingchamber and a conduit for conducting air to said air-heating chamber,and a heating device under the water and air heating chamber.

2. The combination of a water-heating chamber, an air-heating chamberhaving one of its walls formed by one of the walls of the waterforconducting air to said chamber, and a heat ing device. 15

In testimony whereof we afiix onrsignatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ALEXANDER S. H. JOHNSTON, ANNA JOHNSTON, J AS. G. THOMPSON,Administrators and Administratriw of the esiate of James J. Johnston,deceased.

Witnesses:

CHARLES STRICKLER, JOHN G. AUGUSTINE.

